[tri-wings] ADMIN - Which List?

Which List?

Just a general reminder regarding the appropriate content to post to the tri
lists.

Because of the high volume of list mail it became necessary to split the
original Trisomy List into the two main lists that we have now, as well as
the Wings list and the Mosaic Research List, with possibly another being
added soon. This admin reminder is mainly directed at the two main trisomy
lists, Tri-Med and Tri-Family.

The Tri-Med list is for all things that are directly trisomy related, or
related to our little tri-ers, not necessarily medical.  So that includes
medical issues, education, development and so on.

The Tri-Family list is for related issues and all the "off-topic" things
that are important, but which can clutter the mail boxes of those folk who
have time restraints, subscribe from work, pay for downloads, have download
limits etc. Appropriate Tri-Family posts include birthday announcements,
poems, recipes and general chit-chat including off-topic posts.

Very RARELY is it appropriate to send the same mail to both lists.

My request is that people please don't mix the content of the lists. Some
people only belong to one list or the other, so may miss posts sent to the
wrong list. Additionally, those looking specifically for trisomy related
issues get annoyed if there are Tri-Family issues on that list and vice
versa.

Quite often when responding to a mail you may need to change which list it
goes to. Thankyou to those folk that take a moment to check which list, and
also that the subject line is appropriate.

For those people who are having trouble with the mail volume, but don't want
to leave the list, there are a couple of options.

Firstly, you may want to set your mail for one or both the lists to the
digest version. The digest version is simply one (or sometimes more) large
mail that contains all the posts for the day. At the beginning of the mail
is a list of subject lines so you can scan the mail for issues that you are
interested in. If there is nothing then it is easy to delete.

Secondly, you have the option of setting your mail to "vacation".
That allows you to stay on the list to post (eg if your "tri-er" is in the
hospital and you want to send updates but don't have the ability to read all
the list mails)
You can read the mails on the web a number of ways but the easiest is via
the public archives
http://www.escribe.com/health/trisomy

Actually anyone can read the list mails from the archives.

Thankyou so much for your help in this, it is really appreciated.

A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no
roses.

Keep Looking for Rainbows!!!
Karen, Mum to Alex (6, T-18 mosaic)
Sydney, Australia
http://members.optushome.com.au/karens
http://www.trisomyonline.org


                  Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows
                       www.trisomyonline.org
                  Families Helping Families On-line

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